Description: Among the major French companies that have triggered protests at home this summer by announcing job cuts, Sanofi (SNY) stands out for its audacity. France’s biggest drugmaker plans to slash its research and development staff in Toulouse and Montpellier and is shifting its focus across the Atlantic to Cambridge, Mass. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Aug… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Motivation
Colleagues complaining? Why you need to tune it out
Description: Incessant exposure to negativity isn’t just a drag — it’s actually bad for your brain, researchers say. Here are some ways to protect yourself. Source: Fortune.com Date: Aug 09, 2012 Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/08/09/colleagues-complaining-why-you-need-to-tune-it-out/?iid=F_F500M Questions for Discussions: What are the highlights in this report? How would you minimize negativity?
Where Free Speech Goes to Die: The Workplace
Description: In America you can say pretty much whatever you want, wherever you want to say it. Unless, that is, you’re at work. Simply put, there is no First Amendment right to “free speech” in the workplace—potentially perilous for many employees in a polarized political year with a tight presidential race. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Aug… Read more »
Key to NBA’s success? Embracing tech
Description: NBA Commissioner David Stern says the basketball league is looking to expand its use of technology to improve gameplay and increase its audience. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 24, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/07/23/bst-stern-nba-tech.fortune/ Questions for Discussion: How does management of the NBA expect to grow their business? How will technology influence this growth?… Read more »
Cursing at Work Harms Your @#$%& Career
Description: Next time you want to curse in front of your boss at work, maybe you should consider shutting the @#$& up. In a new CareerBuilder survey, 64 percent of employers think less of an employee who repeatedly uses curse words, and 57 percent are less likely to promote someone who swears in the office…. Read more »
Putting artists to work
Description: Struggling artists and performers sick of waiting on tables find a perfect business in child care. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 20, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2012/07/20/f-sitters-studio.fortune/ Questions for Discussion: What is the competitive advantage? How would the management of this business be different than at any regular daycare center? What are the unique… Read more »
Yahoo: Help Us, Marissa Mayer. You’re Our Only Hope
Description: The Yahoo! (YHOO) board of directors was leaving nothing to chance. The Internet company is known throughout Silicon Valley as a leaky ship whose internal deliberations often turn up on blogs or in other media outlets. So when the company’s four-member chief executive search team met Google (GOOG) veteran Marissa Mayer for the first… Read more »
Macy’s Wins Against J.C. Penney on Martha Stewart
Description: Macy’s has won an injunction Against Martha Stewart Omnimedia to stop it from selling similar merchandise in J.C. Penney stores. Dana Mattioli has details on The News Hub. (Photo: Getty Images) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: July 13, 2012 Link: http://live.wsj.com/video/macy-wins-against-jc-penney-on-martha-stewart/3140F6FA-9677-4199-88D7-E243EF64D7A9.html Questions for Discussion: Summarize the issues for all sides in this dispute…. Read more »
5 Gen-Y corporate refugee entrepreneurs
Description: For several reasons, many members of Generation-Y are looking to quit their full-time jobs and start out on their own. Here are five millennials who have successfully done just that. Source: Fortune.com Date: July 06, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/smallbusiness/1206/gallery.gen-y-entrepreneurs.fortune/?iid=SF_SB_River Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about the management at some firms and the… Read more »
Why your hospital bill is so high
Description: From IV bags to chest tubes, Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why even basic medical equipment adds thousands to your medical bill. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: June 28, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/06/27/n-medical-equipment-cost.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the way hospitals allocate costs in order to cover all operating expenses. Is this a form of insurance?… Read more »
